The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-11-26
NUMEROUS SUGGESTIONS.
BY Some OF the ssSew Dominion's''
Readers.


We're going to have moderate
winter" said Mr.. R.-one ofthe old
est residents and close observer OF
the weather.
by what sign do you propbesyY'
inquired the scribe.
This you see" said be, sis now
the middle of November and we have
had no winter weather vet. The
temperature of the first half of this
month is usually very good index
of the winter season. The heat and
cold of any season are generally very
equally distributed between the sum
mer and winter months-that is. the
quantity or degrees Of heat and cold
will average about the same every
year, if we take the whole earth's sur
face into the account; but it is often
the case that one part of the earth
has more than its average proper
ton in some particular season. If,
for example, Europe has more than
its average cold, America will have
less. and so in the case of heat. We
had more than our average proportion
of heat during the last summer and
Europe consequently had an unusu-
ally cool summer. The indicsiions
now are that an excess of low temp
erature will continue over Europe
during the winter and give US mild
season."
Hope you are good prophet" "
rejoined the scribe.
80
While securing about in search of
an Item" the New DOMINION scribe
strolled up into that part of town at
the intersection of Spruce and Pleas
ants streets. which has lately been
dubbed "Cliffbourne Terrace and
observing a group of the residents Of
that locality earnestly conversing to
gether, the scribe approached cauti-
ously and was received by the fol-
lowing pointed interrogatory:
What spite, Mr.. Scribe asked
one of the group, shave the town
authorities against this locality, that
they won't spend one dollar on this
end of the street,"
Here" continued the speaker, lis
little piece of street about 30 yards
in length with three houses on it
more houses than on any other part
of the street for the same distance.
OF course these properties have to
pay their proportion of taxes, and do
pay them. Yet the town authorities
refused to spend five dollar bill on
this ragged end of the street on
which these dwellings are located.
1t is part of the street that has
never been graded. 1t is mud bot
tom with all it's primitive pillows
and mounds. without shape or any
show of uniformity in it's grade and
a standing mud hole in the winter"
"Just look at itr' exclaimed a
chorus of voices.
The scribe run his eye along the
little streatch of street, with sym
pathetic expression, but was speech
less.
"Yes," said another speaker, ga
five dollar bill would, at least, grade
this street and make it look respect
able and prevent it from being pool
of mud all winter. Besides, If the
town would do that much it would
encourage the owners of the lots
fronting the creek to cut down the
bank and extend the street at an
uniform width out to the intersection
of the street bounding DR.. McLane's
property; the old stables would be
torn down, and these lots would
come into the market at once for
building sites. They are really very
choice locations, and it would not be
many years until that whole bank
would be lined with pretty dwell
ings."
"True,'' rejoined the scribe. "your
street ought to receive some atten-
ton, and the town is as much inter
ested in your projected improvements
as are the residents of this locality"
~
"Why don't you agitate for brick
pavement for our streets" said an
enterprising citizen, the other morn
ing, while discussing the holes that
were appearing in the bed Of Pleas
ant street..
That's subject, replied the scribe,
that is open for general debate, and
every citizen of Morgantown has a
right, if not duty, to participate
The New DOMINION has said it say,
and now it devolves upon the tax
payers, and Mayor and town council,
both to agitate and to act
ssBut how will we get hearing
said the citizen, off not through the
town papers?"
THE town papers are Away open, +"
said the scribe, 'sto any citizen who
has views to present on subjects OF
such character, but neither you nor
any other citizen has yet asked for
an opportunity to be heard on this
matter. You seem to think that the
papers ought to do all the talking, the
agitating, the organizing, and then
if they succeed in making a good
case, that they ought to furnish the
money to do the work, withoac dis
turbing anybody's ease"
We'll, l am ready to pay my
share of the tax for trial of the
brick paving" said he appologeti-
>cally.
so are many other citizens" re-
joined the scribe, "but they don't
manifest interest enough to say SO in
a public way. 1t takes a deal of
talk to stir up the town council, and
as long as everybody else is quiet
they'll be quiet too"
at seems to me-" said he, sthat
Pleasant street would be good
street for an experiment--or rather
to begin on, for brick paving is nc
longer an experiment. The bed OF
this street is about worn out. 1t is
now one of the most important streets
in town. 1t will have to be put in
repair very soon. Now why could
not the Mayor open proposals for
paving this street either with macad
am or brick, and thus get an esti-
mate of the price in both materials,
with the privilege Of accepting either.